The End of OJ

"The verdict was not a shock. We knew it going in, there was a lot of baggage." - Yale Galanter, attorney for OJ Simpson.

I remember well being transfixed by OJ's slow speed highway chase televised in the early 90s as I prepared to go out all those years ago. It delayed my alcohol consumption by at least two hours. That was pre-law school.

I remember the bitter recriminations of the Goldman family over the following years. I don't recall Nicole's family expressing similar feelings so publicly. Well, I suppose today they will celebrate.

It's ironic how such a hokey and ham fisted "criminal" attempt to recover what was his resulted in a conviction when more and better evidence failed in LA. Kidnapping? That's far-fetched. False inprisonment, maybe.

Kidnapping is traditionally characterized by a sense of taking or removing the person, as in to abduct. However, some jurisdictions, Nevada apparently being one of them, essentially define it as false inprisonment.

First reports of OJ's end from Reuters.

Photo slideshow, also from Reuters.